2010 - Will the heart let me train?
May 19
May 18
Columbia Tri Relay (bike portion)
Pushed as well as I could. Our swimmer was 3rd out of the water I think and I made it a point to not let myself get passed and to catch the two relayers ahead of me (even though one was a coed and the other was admittedly not a fast runner). Caught those two guys within the first 5 miles!
Rest of the ride was pushing as much as I could while avoiding the crowds from the waves before and staying aero. It started to rain about 1/2 way into the ride, and that was on and off light from then on.
Solid ride, above where I expected and gave us close to a 15 minute margin over other all men teams.
Fastest bike split of all relayers. ;)
Oh, and we got 3rd place all male relay even though our runner only ran 8:20 for an average (while the top guys were deep into the 5's).
Recovery brick
2 miles easy around the lake on the course. Ran with CJ (dlaxman) for a bit and encouraged him along. Felt pretty good and easy.
- Health data: Sleep: 3 Stress: 3 Soreness: 3 Fatigue: 3 Hours slept: 5.5 Overall Workout: 4
May 17
Dress Rehersal
Got all spiffed out in my Zoot Gu uniform, Giro Advantage helmet and Blackbird in full race ready battle gear and took a short spin to make sure everything works well.
All I can say that it is pure joy riding that bike, and it just feels so damn fast it is incredible. I kept my effort at recovery/cruise level the whole time and was just flying along so smooth and effortlessly.
I'm psyched to see what I can do tomorrow. It is almost a challenge to me to know I'm going into this with ultra minimal bike fitness. I'm looking forward to pushing my body to the extreme!!!
Plan is for a short ride to make sure everything is working right with the disc and such and then go meet my relay teammates at the packet pick up at 3. I'll drop the bike off after that at the race site.
Also put the Zero Gravity brakes on Sonia. Gawd damn she is light!!!!
- Health data: Sleep: 3 Stress: 3 Soreness: 3 Fatigue: 3 Hours slept: 7 Overall Workout: 4
May 16
Rainy out and a lot going on today with work and then the oldest is in a small play thing at his school tonight. So rest day today.
Did clean and prep Blackbird last night so she is ready to fly this weekend.
- Health data: Sleep: 3 Stress: 3 Soreness: 3 Fatigue: 3 Hours slept: 6.5
May 15
May 14
2,000 yard continuous swim. Had a dead even split of 18:50/18:50. Usually I fall off as the swim goes on, but I felt just as good at the end as I did in the early part and actually ahd a few faster splits in the later half than the first one. At least I know I can swim a HIM distance race now! ;-P
- Health data: Sleep: 3 Stress: 2 Soreness: 3 Fatigue: 3 Hours slept: 7 Overall Workout: 3
May 13
Lactic Threshold
2.1 warm up
2 miles tempo (6:39 pace)
2.1 cool down
Just wasn't feeling it today. Wanted to do 3 at tempo to see where I was but just didn't have any oomph, so only did 2. Still can't find my HRM .....
Princeton Sports ride
Warm up to get over there (8 miles) averaged around 18.9-ish.
Tried to ride with the front group again even taking off of the front on the downhills in the aero bars (rode Blackbird like last week). Lasted longer than I did last week falling odd later. Still pushed it to keep them in site but 15+ people riding in a group are always going to beat 1 .....
- Health data: Sleep: 3 Stress: 3 Soreness: 3 Fatigue: 2 Hours slept: 7 Overall Workout: 2

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